Aaron

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Quotations 1.3.5 Translations 2 Catalan 2.1 Proper noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 Estonian 3.1 Proper noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Proper noun 5 French 5.1 Proper noun 6 German 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Proper noun 6.2.1 Related terms

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From Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn), possibly meaning "bearer of martyrs", or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian "aha rw" ("warrior lion", though it has been suggested to also mean "elevated", "exalted" or "high mountain").

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• (GenAm) IPA: /ærən/
• Rhymes: -ærən

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Singular Aaron

Plural -

Aaron

1. (Judaism & Christianity) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus.
2. A male given name.

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The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular in the end of the 20th century.

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• Aaron's rod

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• variants: Aron, Arron

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• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Exodus 4:14:

  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.

• 1969 Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, 2002, page 145:

  - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

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Aaron

1. A male given name, cognate to Aaron.

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• variants: Aaró

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Aaron

1. (Biblical) Aaron
2. A male given name of biblical origin.

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Aaron (stem Aaron-^*)

1. (Biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.
3. Genitive singular form of Aaro, which is the common vernacular form of the biblical name.

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Aaron

1. (Biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.

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Aaron

1. (Biblical) Aaron.
2. A male given name.

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• variants and pet forms: Aron, Arri, Arrie